A Cornish bee project

The Lost gardens of Heligan have now adopted Native bees and have display for visitors

Native bees are also now part of the Paradise Park visitor experience

Godolphin house is now listed on the B4 website and new signage is imminant

We are having some remarkable success in our bee breeding program, working with nature and selection to get back to a native strain of honey bee. Below on the left you will see the general bees in the surounding area both by Morphometry and DNA Sampling and on the right the far greater degree of native content of our Bees , bees from our breeding program are also becoming easier to handle and are exhibiting less inclination to get overwhealmed by varroa and other pests.

The latest DNA Analysis carried out in 2015 by Apigenix in Switzerland has demonstrated without doubt that we now have AMM bees in our stocks which are from 94.4% pure native bees to an astonishing 99.4% pure

We are developing a display at our National Trust apiary at Godolphin House.

This year has seen a large increase in the Varroa Mite populations in UK bee colonies, mainly due to the mild winter. Our colonies are once again being treated to reduce the negative imopact of these invasive threats , which can weaken colonies to a devastating degree and carry viruses which can wipe out weakend colonies. we continue to support researchers in this field and avoid unnescessary chemical treatment whenever possible.

Our Aims

We aim to develop a social enterprise employing young people with Learning Disabilities .